Chapter 69: Accepting 10 Items

The three of them didn’t talk for very long.

Yuan Yunfan, the last to join, was the first to leave.

"Junior Brother Fang, are you going to have a Magical Combat spar with this junior brother next?"

"Yes."

"You two should hurry over and register. It’s been a while since I’ve seen your defense, Junior Brother."

Wu Junxin planned to watch a few of Fang Yun’s Magical Combats before leaving.

Right now, Fang Yun’s opponent was only at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

The outcome of this Magical Combat was a foregone conclusion, completely devoid of suspense. However, if Fang Yun were to spar with a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciple later, the result would still hold some suspense.

After all, not many Inner Sect Disciples had fought Fang Yun yet.

Fang Yun and Zhang Wenyu had already gone to the Steward to register.

By the time they stepped onto the Dueling Platform, a crowd of disciples had already gathered below.

If Wu Junxin and Yuan Yunfan’s ranking match were still ongoing, not many disciples would have been here to watch their spar.

Under those circumstances, anyone who still came must have wanted to challenge Fang Yun next.

On Dueling Platform Number Eight.

The Magical Combat spar with Zhang Wenyu ended.

Fang Yun had only consumed a little over ten percent of the Spiritual Power in his Qi Sea.

He didn’t need to recover before starting a second spar, even if his opponent was a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciple.

Another of Fang Yun’s Magical Combat spars came to an end. This time, Zhang Wenyu had exhausted all his Spiritual Power. If he, a Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivator, could have found even the slightest flaw in Fang Yun’s defense, he would have surely become famous by riding on Fang Yun’s reputation.

Unfortunately, the result was the same as always.

However, he felt he had improved through this battle. In future spars with other disciples, he would be able to find more cunning angles of attack.

Fang Yun’s second opponent today was an Inner Sect Disciple.

By the time he began this spar, they had moved to Dueling Platform Number Three.

’Even an ordinary Qi Refining Eighth Layer cultivator would find it difficult to break through Junior Brother Fang’s defense.’

Wu Junxin watched Fang Yun’s Magical Combat with the Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciple, making a judgment about Fang Yun’s defensive capabilities in his mind.

As the Magical Combat spar progressed, he felt more and more that Fang Yun’s title was well-earned.

He could unleash most of the power of an Upper Grade Magical Artifact even at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

And his technique of swapping between Upper Grade and Middle Grade Magical Artifacts—he felt Fang Yun had mastered it to perfection.

"Junior Brother Fang, you’re incredible! I admit defeat."

"Thank you for the match."

In the end, the Magical Combat concluded with the Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciple’s defeat, having failed to break through Fang Yun’s defense.

"I was watching Junior Brother Fang throughout that entire Magical Combat, and I spotted a flaw in his defense."

"Oh? Does that mean you have a chance to break Junior Brother Fang’s defense, Senior Brother?"

"It would be very difficult. The opening appears for only a brief moment. In the heat of battle, an opportunity like that would be hard to seize."

This was Fang Yun’s second Magical Combat.

Everyone knew Fang Yun would have a third.

So, as soon as this one ended, another disciple jumped onto the Dueling Platform. The fastest was another Inner Sect Disciple at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

As usual, Fang Yun chose the fastest one to get on the platform, an Inner Sect senior brother with the surname Wen.

This time, however, he didn’t immediately go to the Steward to register the end of the previous match. Instead, he stood on the Dueling Platform and announced,

"Fellow senior and junior disciples, if any of you need a Middle Grade or Upper Grade Magical Artifact, you can prepare the main materials and find me for Refining soon. I can take on ten commissions."

After speaking, Fang Yun stepped down from the Dueling Platform and went with the Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect senior brother to register with the Steward.

He was only accepting ten commissions not because he was trying to use hunger marketing, but because, according to his own plans, ten was about the right number.

With his reputation in the sect, coupled with his performance in Magical Combat, as long as he was willing to help with Artifact Refining privately, many Sect Disciples would surely be happy to seek him out.

"Senior Brother Fang is willing to help us with Artifact Refining!"

"What are you so excited about? Didn’t you hear Senior Brother Fang? He’s only taking ten commissions at most. It’s a shame I just bought a Middle Grade Magical Artifact a few days ago. Even knowing this now, I can’t ask Senior Brother Fang to refine one for me."

"I’m going to find Senior Brother Fang right now!"

"Have you prepared the main materials for Refining a Magical Artifact?"

"Not yet..."

"Then what are you waiting for? Go prepare them! Look at those senior brothers and sisters."

The two talking had already noticed several disciples leaving in a hurry.

They were heading in the direction to descend Battle Peak.

Running so fast, they were definitely going to prepare the main materials for Artifact Refining. They would prepare them and then come back to find Fang Yun. Since he was only Refining ten, if you were late, you’d miss out.

"With Junior Brother Fang’s current Artifact Refining skill, if you ask him to refine a Middle Grade Magical Artifact, he’ll definitely be able to produce the best of the best. As for Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, the quality should also be excellent."

"There hasn’t been a whisper about this until now, which means Junior Brother Fang announced it here first. These junior brothers and sisters are pretty lucky."

"Don’t you have any plans to ask Junior Brother Fang to refine a Magical Artifact, Senior Brother?"

"Not for now. My next Upper Grade Magical Artifact needs to be of top quality, which would be difficult at Junior Brother Fang’s current Artifact Refining level."

They judged Fang Yun’s Artifact Refining level based on his performance in Magical Combat.

From what they’d seen so far, the Middle Grade Magical Artifacts Fang Yun used were getting better and better. But since he rarely used Upper Grade ones, it was hard to judge accurately.

Some Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciples couldn’t even force Fang Yun to use an Upper Grade Magical Artifact in battle.

After finishing the registration with the Steward, Fang Yun went to recover his Spiritual Power.

Wu Junxin was waiting for him near the Spiritual Power recovery area.

"Junior Brother Fang, have you run into any difficulties recently?" Wu Junxin asked first. He suspected Fang Yun might be short on Spirit Stones.

"No." Fang Yun shook his head and offered an explanation. "I’ll be doing a lot less Alchemy recently, so I wanted to do more Artifact Refining."

Hearing this, Wu Junxin fell silent for a moment before understanding the reason behind it.

"I understand now. Junior Brother, you’re even more special than I thought."

Fang Yun didn’t quite understand what Wu Junxin meant by "special."

He didn’t press the issue. Seeing Wu Junxin’s smiling face, he just found an empty cushion and began to recover his Spiritual Power.

Wu Junxin watched Fang Yun as he recovered his Spiritual Power.

He couldn’t help but stroke his chin in thought.

’So, Junior Brother Fang doesn’t spend any time on normal cultivation at all.’

’It makes sense if you think about it. For a Cultivator with Five Spirit Roots, the speed of normal cultivation is just too slow.’

’Based on Fang Yun’s explanation, I can deduce that ever since he started refining pills, the time he spent on normal cultivation began to decrease drastically, until it eventually became zero.’

A short while later, Wu Junxin left.

He wouldn’t be watching Fang Yun’s next spar with the Qi Refining Seventh Layer Inner Sect Disciple.

「...」

His Spiritual Power recovery was complete.

When Fang Yun opened his eyes, he saw several Sect Disciples standing outside the recovery area.

He knew without even having to think that these Sect Disciples were all here to ask him to refine Magical Artifacts.

"Junior Brother Fang, I’ve already prepared the main materials."

An Inner Sect senior brother approached Fang Yun as soon as he came out.

Judging by the looks of the other disciples, this senior brother was probably the first one to have been waiting here.